Talmud Torah as Spiritual Practice

#MeToo and Gender

Please share with members of your community this opportunity for a free, web-based conversation on #MeToo and Gender, led by Tamara Cohen and Essie Shachar-Hill, on May 7 at 1 p.m. EST.

New Resources

The following resources may be relevant to your work and the work of the other leaders of your community:

• The Reform Pay Equity Initiative: Copy Us, Please
• Brave Conversations: Going Beyond Welcoming Interfaith Families
• Who’s Your Bubbe Now? Findings from the First National Study of Jewish Grandparents
• True Equity Requires Rejecting the Status Quo
• #Friendseder – The Best Thing Since Boxed Matzah

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Save the Date: Plenum Meeting
May 19, 2019

Online Meeting: Rabbis and Spiritual Leaders of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot
May 29, 2019
1 p.m. EST

We would love for you to participate in our first-ever meeting of rabbis and spiritual leaders of Reconstructionist congregations and havurot. Tresa Grauer, vice president for Thriving Communities at Reconstructing Judaism, will be joined by Rabbis Deborah Waxman, president of Reconstructing Judaism; Isaac Saposnik, executive director of Havaya Summer Programs; and Elyse Wechterman, executive director of the RRA. If you have an item that you’d like to suggest for the agenda, please contact Tresa Grauer at TGrauer@ReconstructingJudaism.org.

Online Meeting: Reconstructionist Presidents' Meeting
June 23, 2019
1 p.m. EST

The topic of this Presidents' Meeting will be: Sharing and Discussion About Alternative Dues Policies. More details will follow! For more information, contact Jackie Land at JLand@ReconstructingJudaism.org.

The Unethical Donor: A Moral Challenge

With Bibi Victory, Fear Of West Bank Annexation

Values Disconnect Coloring How U.S. Jews See Race

Freedom Seder’s 50th anniversary to be celebrated in a Philly mosque to point up the rise of Islamophobia

“From Survive to Thrive”: Notes from the Positive Judaism Summit

The Danger of Antisemitism in America

Religion and Young America (video)

Call for Unity as Hundreds Gather to Remember the Victims of New Zealand Shootings

Is Michael Cohen Doing Teshuva - Or Just Trying To Reduce His Prison Sentence?

‘Weeping’ Tree of Life painting brings comfort to victims

Rabbi's vision leads to inspirational painting in honor of Tree of Life victims

Letter in support of the Never Again (Holocaust) Education Act
Letter opposing nomination of Ronald Mortensen (updated)

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